When I first started at Blithewold I wasn’t the biggest fan of heliotrope. It’s been a Rose Garden staple since way before my time, and I developed an almost instant aversion to it. I found … Read more.

Our seed orders have started to come in! I discovered though that I have to offer an official retraction of a snarky complaint in this post about Select Seeds‘ shipping charges. Well, obviously, I … Read more.

Just in time for Freaky Friday and Valentine’s day (I love that these days are back to back this year), my favorite Tim Burton creation, the Witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’) has just begun … Read more.

I think it’s safe to say that everyone who has ever set foot in the greenhouse makes an immediate beeline for the citrus plants. The Citrus limon ‘Ponderosa’ (a.k.a. American Wonder Lemon) definitely has its … Read more.